Aspergillosis

A rare infectious disease caused by inhalation of the opportunistic fungus <i>aspergillus</i> that can lead to the following manifestations: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), aspergilloma, chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA), and invasive aspergillosis (IA). Aspergilloma occurs in patients with cavitary lung disease and results in a fungal mass with variable clinical presentations from asymptomatic to life-threatening (massive hemoptysis). CNPA manifests as subacute pneumonia in patients with underlying disease. IA is disseminated aspergillosis that eventually invades other organs. Cutaneous aspergillosis is usually the dermatological manifestation of IA that manifests as erythematous-to-violaceous plaques or papules, often characterized by a central necrotic ulcer or eschar.

Liver abscess

The presence of an abscess of the liver.


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PMID (PMCID)
24881923
 MALE Adult
Clinical experience of bendamustine for adult Langerhans cell sarcoma.
Miyazawa Y, Tahara K, Yuzuriha A, Mihara M, Toyama K, Yokohama A, Handa H, Jinbo T.
Rinsho Ketsueki. 2014;55(5):563-9.
These intensive chemotherapies caused candida liver abscesses, invasive aspergillosis, disseminated varicella zoster virus infection and bacterial sepsis.
22015491
 MALE Child
Successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for chronic granulomatous disease with inflammatory complications and severe infection.
Kato K, Kojima Y, Kobayashi C, Mitsui K, Nakajima-Yamaguchi R, Kudo K, Yanai T, Yoshimi A, Nakao T, Morio T, Kasahara M, Koike K, Tsuchida M.
Int J Hematol. 2011;94(5):479-82.
The first patient presented with granulomatous colitis and pulmonary aspergillosis, and the second patient with liver abscess and restrictive pulmonary disorder.
6604068
 MALE Infant
Chronic granulomatous disease of childhood: a changing pattern?
Frayha HH, Biggar WD.
J Clin Immunol. 1983;3(3):287-91.
The first significant infection in five patients was a liver abscess(es), and one patient each had lymphadenitis, pulmonary aspergillosis, a parapharyngeal abscess, and a draining inguinal incision following surgery.